Rizzio

[ rit-see-oh, reet-; Italian reet-tsyaw ]

/ ˈrɪt siˌoʊ, ˈrit-; Italian ˈrit tsyɔ /

noun

Da·vid

[dah-veed] /ˈdɑ vid/,1533?–66, Italian musician: private foreign secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots 1564–66.

Also Riccio.

Example sentences from the Web for rizzio

Mary was reminded of the terrible night when he and Ruthven broke into her little supper-room at Holyrood in quest of Rizzio.

Mary Queen of Scots, Makers of History |Jacob Abbott
Bothwell and Knox were pre-eminently men of this stamp; as were also, in some degree, Darnley and Rizzio.

Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol. 5 |Various
Rizzio is among the number of the competitors; but Gardyne, a native bard, obtains the prize.

The Genius of Scotland |Robert Turnbull
Bothwell had such power over her that he induced her even to pardon the assassins of Rizzio.

A Child's History of England |Charles Dickens

Nature had poured Montefiore into the mould of a Rizzio, and Diard into that of a diplomatist.

Juana |Honore de Balzac

British Dictionary definitions for rizzio

Rizzio

Riccio

/ (ˈrɪtsɪəʊ) /

noun

David . ?1533–66, Italian musician and courtier who became the secretary and favourite of Mary, Queen of Scots. He was murdered at the instigation of a group of nobles, including Mary's husband, Darnley

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Rizzio

noun

Example sentences from the Web for rizzio

British Dictionary definitions for rizzio

Riccio

noun